One of Vancouver's oldest traditions is back on Jan. 1, 2025. The city's first Polar Bear Swim took place on Jan. 1, 1920, and almost every year since, hundreds, if not thousands, have gathered at ...

Trailblazer Preet Chandi, nicknamed Polar Preet, is set to battle exhaustion and endure temperatures of -50C (-58F) during the trek of just under 500 miles on shifting sea ice. The 36-year-old ...

You'd probably not think I'd then tell you about Ancient Egypt, right? Well, it turns out the two are linked, with an ancient mummy having traces of the pandemic that once wiped out 50 million people.

Sound like fun? You can participate, or bundle up and watch, while helping raise money for area charities at these events: Polar Plunge Challenge, Easton’s Beach (First Beach), 175 Memorial Blvd., ...

Samples of the Black Death, which wiped out as many as 50 million people in medieval Europe, have been found in an ancient Egyptian mummy. The pandemic, also known as bubonic plague, spread ...

What could go wrong? Well, let’s just say that Zemeckis had some bold ideas. We’ll get into that, and more, with these 20 facts about “The Polar Express.” ...

The flat-top cargo ship is claimed to have strong seaworthiness and also meets the requirements of the Polar Code, according to local media reports. Authorities have also maintained that the ship ...

Australian zookeepers are travelling to South-East Asia to assist with rescued sun and moon bears. More than 30 bears have been rescued in 2024 so far. Tamara Gillies remembers the first rescued ...

From the outside, it looked like an ordinary cluster of buildings—shops, offices, homes—but in fact, it was a crime den from which Chinese gangs ran scams called pig butchering, swindling ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney ...

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient Egyptian mummy. Y. pestis, also known as the ...